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  For the past three years, in Mo Qingchen's portable medicine garden, apart from a portion of the area where dozens of spiritual herbs were planted and remained unchanged, there was another portion where the spiritual herbs were harvested when they reached the age for refining into pills. Some were dried, while others were preserved fresh in jade boxes before new spiritual herbs were replanted.

  By now, Mo Qingchen already had a considerable amount of spiritual medicine in his possession, which should be enough for him to practice with.

  Mo Qingchen looked at the rows of spiritual medicine, thought for a moment, reached out and picked out the Tianxing Grass, then selected several other spiritual medicines, and with a wave of his hand, put the rest back into his storage bag.

  Tianxingcao is the main material for refining Jiling Pill, which is the most common and commonly used elixir in the Qi Refining stage. It's naturally easier to refine, so starting with refining Jiling Pill is a good choice.

  Mo Qingchu followed the instructions on the Dan Fang and divided several spiritual herbs including Tian Xing Cao according to their proportions.

  In fact, Dan Fang mentioned the proportion of various materials in a certain pill, but it is a rough range, that is to say, this material within this range, as long as the refining technique is correct and there are no unexpected events, it can be made into a pill.

  But the success of Dan's probability, the quantity and quality of Dan medicine, among many influencing factors, are the first step in matching medicine, other book friends can view normally.

  The refining of the same elixir, within the scope described in the alchemical formula, different quantities of materials, whether more or less, all have an impact on the quality of the elixir. The materials needed to refine a spiritual elixir can be as few as several kinds, or as many as tens or hundreds of kinds. Which ones are better with more and which ones are better with less, and how can this be clearly stated in the alchemical formula?

  It depends on the experience and insight of the alchemist, while the high or low level of the alchemist's technique is distinguished from the first step of preparing the medicine.

  Mo Qingchen was a rookie, naturally without any experience, and could only honestly follow the Dan Fang to allocate all the materials needed for the Lian Ling Wan. He then closed his eyes, rehearsed the steps of alchemy in his mind, adjusted his state to the best, and slowly opened his eyes.

  Mobilize spiritual energy. A blue flame suddenly appears at the tip of his finger, and Mo Qingchen lightly plucks his middle finger, shooting the flame into the alchemy furnace. With a soft whooshing sound, the true fire is instantly ignited at the bottom of the alchemy furnace.

  Each kind of spiritual elixir has different temperature requirements for the crucible. Mo Qingchen mobilized his divine consciousness and relied on his intuition to estimate that the current temperature of the crucible was almost in line with the requirements, so he immediately lifted the lid and threw the Tianxing grass into it.

  Mo Qingchen urged the true fire on one side, while using his divine consciousness to observe the situation inside the alchemy furnace. He saw that the Tianxing grass slowly melted and gradually turned into a thick liquid rolling around inside the alchemy furnace.

  This process lasted for about a minute. Mo Qingchu opened the furnace lid again, and put in the remaining materials one by one in order, then used his divine sense to observe the situation once more.

  All materials gradually dissolved into liquid, yet somehow seemed to be wrapped up in their own separate packages.

  Mo Qingchen followed the Dan Scripture's teachings, mobilizing his spiritual energy to make the True Fire even more vigorous. As time passed, those several lumps of liquid gradually merged together and began to undergo a drastic transformation.

  Mo Qingchen let out a soft breath, this step was called fusion of medicine, and it was also a crucial part of the alchemy process.

  During this time, if the true fire is unstable, the liquid medicine cannot be evenly merged. When it comes to forming a pill, due to uneven force, it will crumble into powder and cannot form a pill.

  Time passed slowly, Mo Qingchen felt that the spiritual energy in his body had been exhausted by more than half. The change of the elixir liquid in the crucible finally slowed down and stabilized slowly, which was the time to complete the elixir.

  Many high-level spiritual pills, in the refining process, whether it is fusion, formation, or collection, all have corresponding handprint finger techniques. The reason why this Ling Spirit Pill is suitable for beginners to refine is that during the fusion period, only the stability of the true fire needs to be maintained, without having to divert attention to make handprints. The finger techniques for forming and collecting pills are not so complicated either.

  It's probably because she had been practicing the Orchid Finger Seal since childhood, but Mo Qingchen's fingers were exceptionally agile, and she had a special talent for finger techniques like the ones needed to form the Spirit Gathering Pill. When she first tried it out, it went unusually smoothly.

  A palm print struck the dan furnace, Mo Qing's divine sense firmly locked onto the situation inside the furnace. He only saw the gel-like medicinal liquid gradually solidifying into bead-like objects.

  Mo Qingchen knew that this was the formation of Dan, and the final step was also the most crucial one, which was to collect the Dan.

  The most difficult thing to grasp about collecting dan is the timing. If it's too early, the dan hasn't stabilized and will explode instantly when exposed to air; if it's a bit early, although dan has formed, its medicinal properties are insufficient, affecting the quality of the dan medicine; if it's late, some impurities in the dan furnace will mix into the medicine, forming dan poison; if it's too late, the medicinal properties will dissipate, and there will be too many impurities, resulting in a useless waste dan.

  In short, it can't be a step earlier or later, but only at that moment to open the furnace and take the elixir, in order to refine the best medicine.

  As expected, just as Mo Qingchen was about to open the dan furnace with his handprint, several yellow dan medicines inside suddenly burst open and turned into a pile of waste residue.

  Mo Qingchen sighed and said, "Alas, all our efforts have been undone."

  In fact, Mo Qingchen didn't know that she was able to persist until the collection of Dan in her first attempt at alchemy, which was already extremely difficult. The vast majority of beginners failed at the stage of fusion, and apart from their unpredictable innate talent, it was also thanks to the true fire she used, the Clear Heart Luminous Fire.

  The art of alchemy, isn't it easy to grasp? Those alchemists, aren't they all the result of a sect or family's full effort, spending a huge amount of time and wasting a large number of spiritual medicines to cultivate? This is also the reason why there are so few alchemists among the scattered cultivators in the cultivation world.

  Mo Qingchu was a bit disappointed that he had failed at the last moment, but he didn't get discouraged. He took out a Replenishing Spirit Pill and swallowed it to replenish the spiritual energy that had been consumed within his body. After resting for a little while, he began to refine again.

  More than ten days passed in a flash. Except for having meals with Grandpa, Mo Qingchen devoted all his time to alchemy.

  Looking at the five crystal-clear yellow pills in her palm, Mo Qingchen curled up her mouth. She used to complain that the Dan medicine shop was black-hearted and sold the medicine so expensively. Now she finally understood.

  So much spiritual medicine was wasted, and it wasn't until today that a finished product was finally produced. If an ordinary cultivator wanted to refine the elixir for personal use, they would probably go bankrupt, no wonder the price of elixirs is so high, and the business of elixir shops is booming.

  One furnace of Ling Spirit Pill only yielded forty-nine pills, with a success rate that was too low to mention. The yield of this batch was also around 10%.

  Mo Qingchu understood the principle of association and didn't rush to refine other spiritual pills, but continued to refine the Jiling Pill.

  In a flash, more than two months had passed. Mo Qingchen looked at the more than 40 Spirit Gathering Pills quietly presented in the dan furnace and smiled.

  During this time, she didn't know how many furnaces she had refined, only knowing that when matching medicine, she didn't need to weigh it, and with a casual grab, she could grasp the required amount of each material. The Tianxing grass accumulated over the past three years was also consumed completely.

  The results are also delightful, now she refines the Lingdan when the time is shortened by one-third compared to before, and all processes such as medicine preparation, medicine casting, medicine fusion, dan formation, and dan collection are completed in one breath, with a dan formation rate of around 80%.

  The success rate of Dan has increased significantly, and most of the time, more than 40 grains can be obtained. There have been several times when a full Dan was obtained. It was during those few times that Mo Qingchen obtained two middle-grade Dans and one high-grade Dan.

  Mo Qingchu involuntarily took out that top-grade Spirit Gathering Pill and examined it, but suddenly heard the sound of air being torn apart coming from afar.